Maldives Foreign Minister and elected President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has chosen India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu as his Chef du Cabinet. Shahid also selected Maldives diplomat Thilmeeza Hussain for the post of Special Envoy of the President of General Assembly (PGA). Shahid wrote…
The Karnataka government has completed the vaccination drive for nearly 30 % of the differently-abled people as per the directions issued by the Karnataka High Court to vaccinate them on priority against the deadly Coronavirus. The government had initiated a specific vaccination drive for the differently-abled, which has catered to 1.60 lakh individuals throughout the…
With the prevalence of child labour increasing for the first time in the last two decades, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Kailash Satyarthi on Thursday urged for action to be initiated by the world leaders to eliminate the practice. On the eve of G7 summit, Kailash said, “On the eve…
ChangeMakers of Kanakapura Road Association (CMKRA), a union of more than 80 Residents Welfare Association (RWAs) is working on completing the vaccination of over 5,000 residents throughout six wards in the city last week. They are further going to raise the vaccination count till 15,000. The paid vaccinations are organized in collaboration with four hospitals….
The Union skill development and entrepreneurship ministry are planning to impart training to Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) students which will help them for managing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants that are evolving in different parts of the country. A minimum of 84 master trainers are given the required training and additional ITI students will…
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has strategically collaborated with Rockwell Industries in Hyderabad, specializing in the manufacture of commercial cold chain appliance, to supply vaccine freezers for cold storage of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V throughout India. They have formalized a deal to supply a minimum of 750 Covid-19 vaccine freezers for several hospitals and institutions…
Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka indicated possibility of beginning the lockdown unlocking process starting from next week and iterated that Karnataka government is deliberating on relaxing the curb following four to five different phases. The government is considering on extension of current shopping hours till 12 noon. Apart from that, the locals will be given…
For the purpose of signal modernization and 5G spectrum implementation in the Railways, the Union Government will be spending a sum of Rs 25,000 crore, according to the statement given by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. Alongside, the Railways which presently utilizes optical fiber will also be given 5 megahertz spectrum in a 700…
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had a meeting with the United States Acting Ambassador Daniel B Smith on Wednesday and had a discussion about the India-US relations, regional issues, and cooperation in the United Nations. They also spoke about their views regarding the present situation of COVID-19, the supply of vaccines, and cooperation in overcoming…
The Union Environment Ministry on Tuesday kick-started a two-month long campaign to raise awareness on single use plastics, for which a number of events are lined up accordingly. In March this year, the Environment Ministry had issued a draft notification to phase out single use plastic products in a series of phases by 2022 via…
